First historic district in Inwood preserves 15 buildings. On December 11, 2018, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to designate the Park Terrace West – West 217th Street Historic District. The historic district covers 15 houses along Park Terrace West and West 217th Street in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan. For CityLand’s prior coverage of this historic district, click here. (read more…)

Houses on West 217th Street demonstrate the suburban character of the proposed historic district. Image Credit: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

The proposed historic district highlights homes with suburban characteristics rarely found in Manhattan. On September 25, 2018, the Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously voted to calendar the proposed Park Terrace West-West 217th Street Historic District in the Inwood section of Manhattan. The proposed historic district consists of fifteen houses along West 217th Street between Park Terrace West and Park Terrace East and along Park Terrace West between West 215th Street and West 218th Street. (read more…)

Approximately 194 properties added to existing 264-building historic district in the Upper West Side. On June 26, 2012, Landmarks voted unanimously to create the Riverside Drive-West End Historic District Extension I in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The district extension comprises approximately 194 buildings between West 87th Street, West 79th Street, Broadway, and Riverside Drive. The area’s first wave of development started in the late 1880s and primarily consisted of three- and four-story rowhouses. The early 1900s saw the construction of larger apartment buildings and French Flat residences as the Broadway subway line increased access to the neighborhood. Significant non-residential structures in the district include the St. Agatha’s School for Girls (now the St. Agnes Boys High School) at 555 West End Avenue, and the individually-landmarked St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church (now the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew) at 540 West End Avenue. Landmark’s designation report for the new district notes that the architecture of the district’s buildings was “designed by some of the City’s most prominent architects and executed in the dominant styles of their eras.”